For those of you who manage your organization’s desktops utilizing Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) Net Explorer 8 will be made available via this technologies beginning August twenty five, 2009. Web Explorer 8 will be created available as an “Update rollup” and will probably be applicable to all supported languages.
Is my organization affected?
If your organization uses WSUS and has it configured to auto-approve Update rollup packages,
Office Professional 2007, upon acceptance of the World wide web Explorer eight End User License Agreement (EULA) by the WSUS administrator, Web Explorer 8 will install automatically on computers running Internet Explorer 6 or 7 on supported operating systems.
What should I do if I auto-approve Update rollups but want to control when I deploy World wide web Explorer eight?
To give you control over how and when Internet Explorer 8 is deployed in your environment, perform the following steps:
Before August twenty five, 2009:
Turn off auto-approve for “Update rollup” packages in WSUS, and approve the updates manually. Note: Even if Auto-Approve for “Update rollup” is on,
Office Enterprise 2007, you will still be required to approve the Net Explorer eight EULA before World wide web Explorer 8 is deployed to downstream clients.
After August twenty five,
Microsoft Office 2010, 2009:
Synchronize your WSUS server. Decline the Web Explorer 8 update packages. If you typically auto-approve update rollup packages,
Microsoft Office 2010 Professional, you can re-enable automatic approval for “Update rollups.”
What other World wide web Explorer 8 updates will likely be accessible by means of WSUS?
Cumulative security updates for Web Explorer eight and Net Explorer eight Compatibility View List updates will also be released by way of WSUS as they become accessible.
To deploy Internet Explorer 8 today,
Windows 7 Serial, visit the World wide web Explorer TechNet Center – among other useful resources you’ll find an Web Explorer Deployment Guide and information about the World wide web Explorer Administration Kit which explains how to generate a MSI installer and distribute it making use of Systems Management Server or Group Policy.
Eric Hebenstreit
Lead Program Manager
Great Eric, thanks for the update... was wondering when this was going to hit the WSUS infrastructure.
"Windows Net Explorer 8 MUI Pack for Windows XP/2003"
and
"Internet Explorer 8 Language Packs for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008"
also available by WSUS than ?